The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26
TOBACCO In THE FLAMES.
OF HoGsHEADs LOST
AT LOUISVILLE.

Several Monster Warehouses Reduced
to Ruins in the Same 3laze--Two
Acres Of Buildings With Their Con-
tents Destroyed = A Detective Fire
Alarm Box.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 25.--The most
destructive fire that has occurred here in
years broke out in the tobacco quarter at
l;S5 O'clock this morning. TIE entire
square between Main and Market and Ninth
and Tenth streets was was the scene OF the
fire, and two acres of buildings, with their
contents, were lost The loss is estimated at
fully $500, 900 and the insurance canrloa be
obtained for weeks yet The papers of4the
various firms are in safes in the debris.
These will have to be recovered and the
5000 hogsheads of tobacco destroyed check
ed up before accurate figures are known.
A DEFECTIVE BOX.
The box from which the alarm was turned
In was defective, and as result the flames
were almost beyond control when the en-
gines arrived. The fire was of incendiary
origin 1t is thought it broke out in the
middle of the block at the rear, on Market
street, of the Boone warehouse. There were
no lights or fire of any kind from which the
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spread with fearful rapidity. The Banner
tobacco warehouse and Sawyer, Wallace a.
Co.'S warehouse, both fronting on Main
street, were quickly enveloped in flames.
WHOLE SQUARE ABLAzE.
The three warehouses mentioned occupied
nearly whole square and all were closely
packed with hogsheads of tobacco. Saw
yer, Wallace 81 Co.'S. house is branch OF
the big New York firm. The firemen could
do very little. The heat was intense and
tho infiammable material was entirely be-
yond control. All that could be done was
70 save adjacent residences and business
blocks
No lives were lost though there were
several narrow escapes.
RUNNING UP THE LOSSES.
Sawyer, Wallace & Co. Is warehouse, No
60 Main street, was owned by Henry Glover.
1t was a solidly built brick building with a
metal roof, an immense structure, and was
valued at 100000 1t was partially insured
Ip it were {, 400 hogsheads of tobacco, worth
from $4,000 to $125,000. All of the to-
bacco was destroyed. The stock was well
insured.
The Boone warehouse was owned by
Thomas II. Glover, and was valued at about
$4,000. 1t contained about / 900 hogsheads
of tobacco, all of which was consumed. 1t
was worth from $500 900 to S125, 900. There
was partial insurance on both buildings and
tobacco.
THE BANNER WAREHOUSE.
The Banner warehouse was owned by
r. NJ. Parrish a. Co, was valued at about
$1,000 and belonged 10 an undivided estate.
1t contained about 800 nogsheads of tobacco
valued at from $4,000 to S45, 900. L. is
thought that the litigation that win be
brought about by the fire viii be something
| CHI e.
az Meyer, large tobacco firms of New York
and St Louis, as well as others, bought
large lot of tobacco in this market yester-
day, and IL is said that they will claim that
the sale was not consummated, basing their
claim upon some technicality.
BIG FIRE IN THE NORTHWEST.
| DAYTON, w. T., June 25-Fire here yes
| terday destroyed property to the amount OF
| $4,000. The insurance aggregates $50, 900.
The principal losers are K. +. Hawley on
building $4,000, insurance $4,000; A.
Roth q 60, dry goods, $1,000, insurance
| $4,000; Clendenin az Miller, general nier-
chandise, $4,000, insurance 5000; A. OPP
penhemer, hardware, $1,000, insurance
| 81 900, and twenty other smaller losses. The
| city records were destroyed.
BUCK scoRCHED.
NEW York, June 25--Fire broke out to-
night at 10 o'clock in the fourth story of
Puck Building, on the corner of Mulberry
and Houston streets, and did considerable
/ damage before it was extinguished The
| building is "A massive brick structure seven
stories high, and is occupied by a number
of business firms, as well as by the Puck
Publishing Company. The fire broke out In
the rooms of q. p. Baldwin, bookbinder for
Puck.
| FREIcHT HOUSE IN RUINS.
| SARATOGA, N. Y, June 25.-Congress-
man George Vests freight house, at BALI
ston Spa, was totally consumed by fire this
afternoon. Twenty seven hundred bales Of
| iute, 80 bales of gunny, 100 bales Of alum.
| and two freight cars were also consumed.
The fire is believed to have originated from
spontaneous combustion. The loss is $50, 900,
and the insurance $1,000.
A COTTON GINEERY BURNED.
New ORLEANS, June 25.--Smith & Jami.
sons cotton ginnery and pickery with its
contents, together with several adjacent
buildings, was burned to-day. The loss i
| $4,000.
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